The punk movement

The movement was born in the middle of the 1970s, when the hippy movement started to disappear, and like their predecessors, the punks reacted against the way their parents were living, and wanted to be the champions of a cultural renewal where freedom of creation would prevail. If the hippies have almost disappeared from our cities, it is still possible to meet some punks now. They are easily recognisable. They are usually dressed in cheap leather black jackets decorated with nappy pins, chains or nails, all cheap accessories, they have got tight trousers, black boots and they usually adopt the “Mohawk hairstyle” which makes them look like a Native American. The fact of wearing the same clothes is a way of showing that they belong to the same community, a community sharing the same tastes and the same ideology. Of course their look is a bit aggressive and provocative, but it conveys the idea of freedom, dear to their hearts.

- cultural renewal
- leather black jacket
- nappy pins
- punk movement

a cultural renewal: un renouveau culturel
nothingness: le néant
to lead to: mener à
withdrawn: retiré
beliefs: croyances
a nappy pin: une épingle à nourrice
leather black jacket: des blousons en cuir noirs
tight trousers: les pantalons serrés
to share: partager
it conveys the idea of...: il transmet l'idée de....
dear to their hearts: cher à leurs coeurs
the high rate of unemployment: le haut taux de chômage
western societies: les sociétés occidentales
blacken their eyelids: pour noircir leurs paupières
whiten their face: blanchissez leur visage
a domesticated rat clinging to their shoulders: un rat domestiqué s'accrochant à leurs épaules
it had to mingle with: il a dû se mélanger avec
anti-establishment: contestataire
to intend: avoir l'intention
to achieve: réaliser
a goal: un but